Story of the Day – July 20, 2020
A mother tells“I stay out with my 3.5-year-old baby. I left early so that I do not see the landlord. I sit around in a park. I sell tissues…”
Story of the Day – July 18, 2020
“I haven’t been able to sell flowers since the pandemic, but people around me give me tea and buy me breadsticks. When I come here, I eat and drink. That is why I open the stall every day. Food is OK, but if I cannot pay my bill, they will but off my water. Could...
Story of the Day – July 15, 2020
15 July, Three storiesPlace: Nişantepe – I collect wastepaper with my baby. We live on 30-40 liras.Place: Karagümrük – I have not been able to buy my father’s heart medicine for two days. Place: Ümraniye – We would go hungry, if my daughters were not collecting waste food from supermarkets. #SocialJusticeForAll
Story of the Day – July 15, 2020
15 July, Three storiesPlace: Nişantepe – I collect wastepaper with my baby. We live on 30-40 liras.Place: Karagümrük – I have not been able to buy my father’s heart medicine for two days.Place: Ümraniye – We would go hungry, if my daughters were not collecting waste food from supermarkets.
Story of the Day – July 10, 2020
My son couldn’t pay his rent, so moved in with me with his wife. I can’t pay my rent, either. Now the landlord gave me a deadline, too. I do not have a mother to take them with me. #ShelterIsARightForAll
Story of the Day – July 9, 2020
-Sister, I have a favour to ask. +Yes, do ask. -My mother looks around in thrash to find a bike for me while selling tissues. I want a 27-rim. +What? I want a 27-rim bike, sister. #AChildWillAsk #TheChildIsRight Note: One of our supporters sent him a 27-rim bike three days later.
Story of the Day – July 6, 2020
He has congenital cataract in his left eye.He is a chimney sweep. He was laid off during the pandemic and started to collect wastepaper. All the paper, dust, and thrash lost him one eye completely.When they ran out of food, he found one case of discarded tomatoes in front of the supermarket; they had sliced...
Story of the Day – July 3, 2020
3 July, A night-time story “I sold tissued the whole day but couldn’t find the money for formula. I wouldn’t want to bother you again, actually. My baby is unaware, of course. I have so little of the formula you have sent in.” #BestInterestOfTheChild #PhysicalIntellectualSpiritualSocialDevelopment
Story of the Day – June 29, 2020
Poverty deepens for the precariat. The photo was taken today. “He gave me time until tomorrow. He asked me to take my stuff out. He took away my keys, as I could only pay a part of the rent. I am at my neighbour’s. I was thrown in the street with my baby on a...
Story of the Day – June 28, 2020
We provided food to a 65-year-old shoeshine and his wife. We were able to do the same today, thanks to you. They called in to thank us. Then a flood of emotions started. We try hard not to sink into that flood.We have a bond between us; they know that this bond is not a...